Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Although I was enjoying Mr. Holman's answers, I'm sure we'll have more time as we go on.
I'd like to start by bringing in Mr. Murray regarding the dual mandate of being a commissioner for both privacy and access to information. Notwithstanding my colleague's comments on what the governing party's platform was, we have indeed in the budget, seemingly, a conclusion already drawn as to how we are going to proceed, so I hope that this time is productive.
I'm very interested in the idea of the dual mandates. We've heard from three different provincial commissioners who are commissioners for both access to information and privacy, as is the case in Newfoundland and Labrador. We've heard from many witnesses who uphold the Newfoundland and Labrador model as being the example and the standard in Canada. We also had Mr. Drapeau's recommendation that the two are intertwined and ought to be under one roof for a variety of reasons, including the efficiency of staff resources.
Please comment on the relative merits of having two different commissioners for privacy and access to information versus conferring a dual mandate.